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Parashah of the week: Beha’alotecha

“Miriam spoke, and Aaron, against Moses because of the Cushite woman he had taken: ‘Has God spoken only through Moses? Has [God] not spoken through us as well?’ God heard it” Numbers 12:1-2

By Rabbi Miriam Lorie

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Miriam, cursed with leprosy (from mid-16th century Netherlands, now in Museum Schnütgen, Cologne/Wikimedia Commons)

Vintage engraving by Gustave DorA from 1870 showing a scene from the Old Testament Moses giving the Law upon Mount Sinai

If Pesach tells us where we came from, Shavuot shows where we are going

By Rebbetzin Lauren Levin

3 min read

Promoting the Prophets: Rabbi Elli Tikvah Sarah

Progressive Judaism

Shavuot launch for new ‘Prophetic Judaism’ initiative

By Simon Rocker

1 min read

The gift of a problem solved

The gift of a problem solved

By Rebbetzin Shuli Liss

1 min read

Demonstrators raise placards and national flags during an anti-government protest calling for action to secure the release of the remaining Israelis held hostage by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip since October 2023, in front of the Israeli Defence Ministry in the coastal city of Tel Aviv on April 26, 2025. (Photo by Jack GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis

By Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis

Disagreement does not divide us – but misjudgment might

3 min read

Dr Sabrina Cohen-Hatton, who once slept rough on the streets but rose to become a Fire Chief, receiving the King's Fire Medal at Buckingham Palace earlier this year (Photo: Getty Images)

What if we didn’t take our food for granted?

By Rebbetzin Shuli Liss

1 min read

Guardians of the mummy's tomb: statues of the ancient Egyptian deity Anubis (from a Universal Studio theme park Singapore)

The dogs that didn’t bark at the Exodus

By Rabbi Dr Raphael Zarum

3 min read

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A new series on why it’s good to count our blessings

By Rebbetzin Shuli Liss

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The unresolved contradiction at the heart of Rabbi Sacks’s political thought

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By Jacob Hougie

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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer hosting a roundtable for religious leaders for Interfaith Week last year (photo: Getty Images

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By Rabbi Dr Raphael Zarum

The pursuit of peace is a central value in our faith

Our sources counsel us to ‘seek peace’ but the rabbis were not naive about its attainment

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March 6, 2025 12:51

The triple handshake between Egyptian President Anwar Sadat (left), US President Jimmy Carter (centre) and Israeli Prime Minister Menahem Begin seals the signing of the Israeli-Egyptian peace treat on the White House lawn in Washington in 1979 (photo: Getty Images)

Abraham as you may never have known him before

In his daring new biography, Anthony Julius portrays a divided patriarch

By Simon Rocker

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What is the Jewish view of love?

The Hebrew word for love is closely related to that for ‘giving’

By Rabbi Osher Chaim Levene

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IDF unveils new ‘portable Torah’ for use in the field

The scrolls are encased in a waterproof ark, which can be converted into a small bimah

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February 3, 2025 12:00

The IDF has unveiled a portable ark for transporting Torah scrolls in the field (Image: IDF Spokesperson's Unit)

How to begin writing the Book of our Lives

We all have a Divinely bestowed sense of purpose in life if only we know where to look, writes Rabbi Mendel Kalmenson in his extract from his new book

By Rabbi Mendel Kalmenson

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Faith can help us find a way through crisis

In an extract from his new book, Rabbi Mordechai Ginsbury offers biblical precedents for facing life’s ups and downs

By Rabbi Mordechai Ginsbury

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January 26, 2025 10:59

Faith can help us find a way through crisis

Gratitude is next to Godliness

Why saying thank you is the theme of Seed’s Clean Speech campaign next month

By Rabbi Daniel Fine

4 min read

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January 13, 2025 15:56

Taking no one for granted: A J Jacobs (left), author of Thanks A Thousand - A Gratitude Journey

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